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Roommates (1995)

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Film details

Featuring

Peter Falk D.B. Sweeney Julianne Moore
Director

Peter Yates
Country

USA
Year

1995
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

The story concerns the relationship between a medical school student and his grandfather who share an apartment and a series of turbulent experiences. 25-year-old medical student Michael becomes a hospital intern at Ohio State. When his grandfather Rocky is evicted from his longtime home in Pittsburgh Michael has to take him in. Rocky is critizising and sabotaging Michael's life, especially Michael's relationship with social worker Beth. Beth and Michael eventually marry and move back to Pittsburgh, leaving Rocky in Columbus, where he has accepted work as a baker.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Rocky
    
    Peter Falk
  - Michael
    
    D.B. Sweeney
  - Beth
    
    Julianne Moore
  - Bolkek Krupa
    
    Jan Rubes
  - Michael, aged 5
    
    Noah Fleiss
  - Barbara
    
    Joyce Reehling
  - Stash
    
    Ernie Sabella
  - Burt Shook
    
    John Cunningham
  - Judith
    
    Ellen Burstyn
  - cast member
    
    Frankie Faison
  - cast member
    
    David Tom
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Peter Yates
  - Assistant Director
    
    George Parra
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Interscope Communications
  - [Original Production Company]
    
    Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
  - Production Company
    
    PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
  - Executive Producer
    
    Adam Leipzig
  - Executive Producer
    
    Ira Halberstadt
  - Producer
    
    Ted Field
  - Producer
    
    Scott Kroopf
  - Producer
    
    Robert W. Cort
  - Associate Producer
    
    Max Apple
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Max Apple
  - Screenplay
    
    Stephen Metcalfe
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Mike Southon
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    John Tintori
  Design:
  - Production Designer
    
    Dan Bishop
  Music:
  - Music
    
    Elmer Bernstein

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